commission awards sheep tags, sets quotas

The Idaho Fish and Game Commission Thursday, July 11, awarded bighorn sheep tags for auction and lottery by the National Wild Sheep Foundation and the Idaho Chapter of the Wild Sheep Foundation.

Proceeds from the auction and the lottery go to benefit bighorn sheep in Idaho.

Also during the July 11 meeting, the commission approved the allocation of animal damage control funds with $50,000 going to control wolves in elk management zones at or below objective, and $12,000 leftover from last year going to a Fish and Game raven control project.